ABSTRACT
The conventions for shooting multiple camera television come from the early days of live television, when directors were imported from the theatrical community. The skills they had learned as stage managers were effective when it became necessary to put dramas and scored musicals on the air. So the procedures and the script markings we now use for “a line cut”or “cutting” a television show-daytime dramas, some sitcoms, classical music, operas, ballet, and theatrical productions-are very similar to those used by stage managers in the theater.
